Icon by @ThatSpookyAgent. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
I am so fucking sick of CGI this, CGI that. give me back on location filming (when possible), give me back intricate hauntingly realistic animatronics and puppets, give me back handmade props & masks & skillful make up……..just give me back practical effects I am begging
You know how you get practical effects back?
You unionize CGFX.
Seriously, the well established disciplines of prop design, set design, costume design, etc, all have equally well established unions (Sometimes called guilds); and CGFX being a relatively young discipline hasn’t caught up, so you have these sweat shop CGFX studios churning out what a design team would get paid three-four times as much for (with a tenth the total amount of labour).
And so the only solution is to unionize the field of computer graphics so that the field as a whole charges the same rates and demands the same basic decency of working conditions demanded by the various practical effects guilds.
I love Star Trek Tumblr fandom, because it’s not so much one fandom as it is a loose confederation of several tiny subfandoms of usually ten-fifteen people that just get more and more niche as time goes on. Some of my personal favourites include the “Deanna Troi didn’t crash the bloody spaceship and is actually the coolest character in the franchise, excuse you” fandom, the “Uhura loves women and I’m so alive” fandom, and the “why am I so unironically attracted to Quark, what did I do to deserve this?” fandom.
But honestly I could go on all day because there are so so many wonderful ones. We’re all doing such a good job of enjoying Star Trek in our own highly individualised ways. Well done us.
if a work of fiction doesn’t make me think intensely about each character’s personal tragedy with that specific ache in my heart whenever i space out then what’s the point?
Depending on where you are, it’s probably illegal for a company to forbid you from talking about your rate of pay. Check your local laws and start talking about your pay rates.
